Yeah I love those black sockets! The preheaters in my cousin's grandpa's garage have black sockets with a few blackender lamps. My great-aunt has similar fixtures to this in her basement. She told me fluorescent lights give her headaches so i can change them out for incandescents when i get my own place to store lights. Same with the T17 fixture and tool shed lights, though i need not repalce those as the purposes those lights were for are no longer present.
For the T17 I'll be removing the junction box mounted pullchain switch and replaceing it with a ceiling JB outlet. Since the Tool shed no longer has power, I'll simply be removing any wiring that's not in the walls (Placing blank covers in place of switches and outlets and removing any surface mounted wiring and conduit) along with the fixtures for her. In the mean time the fixture remain up sort of like a time capsule since they really haven't been used in years.
For the T17 I'll be removing the junction box mounted pullchain switch and replaceing it with a ceiling JB outlet. Since the Tool shed no longer has power, I'll simply be removing any wiring that's not in the walls (Placing blank covers in place of switches and outlets and removing any surface mounted wiring and conduit) along with the fixtures for her. In the mean time the fixture remain up sort of like a time capsule since they really haven't been used in years.